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Corn Harvester. I

No. 75,119. I Pafented March 3. 1868.

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Letters Patent No. 75,119, dated 3, 1868..

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, ELIIIU BQSWELL, of Highland, in the county of Highland, and State of Ohio, invented a. new and improved Corn-Harvester; and I do hereby declare the follow exact description of the same, referenceheing'had to the accempan tion, and in which 7 Figure 1 is a side elevation of my invention, and

Figure 2 represents a. top view of the same.

This is an improved machine, which being driven between the rows of standing corn, gathers and cuts the corn on either side, and at the proper intervals deposits it between the rows in shocks ready for binding.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

I In the drawings, F F represent portions of the frame, W W the draughtwheels, D the driver's seat, and S S the shafts or thills of my improved machine. F is a stout beam, forming part of theframe, and ru nning across the whole width of the machine behind the wheels, serving to receive and support the r I shafts, and to support the cutter-bar, reelS guides, frame, and generally to connect and strengtl partsiof. the apparatus. Attached to either end of this beam is aguidc-piece, G, parallel to the vertical plane of the wheels. The forward ends of tho guide-pieces project to a point opposite to the drivers seahhndtheir rear cndsertend to the rear of the cutter-bars a suflicientdistance to enable tlie horizoatal arms In, projecting inward from them, to receive and support the corn, which after being cut off by the cutter C, falls backiupon. these arms. To the forward portion of the frame F, nearly opposite the front end of the outer guides .G G, are attached two inner guides gg, running in thesame direction us'the others, out two or three'f'ect inside (if/them, and reaching several feet ahead of them. Between the guides Gg, on each side of the machine, is a" space sufiiciently wide to enclose a row'of corn, and terminating at its rear end at the cutter-bar Q, which i works directly across it, cutting all the stalks that are gathered between the guides. v Upright reels R R, having horizontal arms, and worked by the main whcols' by means of a cog-gear, c c'-, are stationed on the inher side of. these spaces, and operate to bend the corn back as it reaches the cutter, insuring its fell upon the arms a a. Two other reels It B, working in a horizontal position between the rear ends of the guides G G l i ehind the machine, enable the driver toldeposit the cut stalks in bunches or shocks. To effect this provided, sliding backward and forward in the centre of the machine, and hold in position by in position, the rear end of this rod comes incontuct ,with the arms of the reels have ing to be a f'ull, clear, and ying drawings,-forming part of this specificaear endot the ten the variouspurpose,/a rod, r, is a spring, 8. When R R, and prevents their revolving. Whenever the driver wishes to deposit a shock of cornon the ground, he pulls the rod r foiwvar'd, liberating the horizontal reels, which immediately revolve and drop the corn This being effected, the driver releases the rod T, which resumes its position by the force of the spring. The arms a a slope downward slight-1y, sons to cause the corn that falls upon them to slide down and rest upon the arms of the horizontal reels. The cuttersare operated in the usual manner by cranks 2'2", connected with small wheels or shat-ts w w, gearing with the cog-wheelsc eon the main wheels. The beam F is of course to be sufficiently long to-extend across'two rows of corn and the space between them, and the machine must be driven so that a row of corn on each side shall be intercepted between the guides G g,

Having thus described my inventiomwhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The sliding stop, composed of the rod r and spring 8, when these parts, constructed and operating together as explained, are used in combination with the revolving reels or tables R R, for the purpose of controlling their action, substantially as described. I

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